’This can’t be good.’


    A man d in casual jeans and tops entered the mansion, a small smile on his lips when his eyes settled on Amelia and Jack.


    "Does he look recognizable to you, mother and father?" Anastasia asked.


    The man called Gary almost rushed towards Amelia but Robert stopped him midway with ring eyes.


    "What are you doing here?" He questioned, firing daggers at him.


    "I’m here to see my family of course," Gary replied nonchntly. "Now that you know that you’ve been raising my son all these while thinking he was your flesh and blood, what are you going to do about it?" Gary questioned, his smile faltering and reced with a re. "I told you years ago that Amelia was mine before you married her."


    Robert fumed, thennded a punch on Gary’s face.


    "There’s nothing you can do about it, Robert. You’ve been the fool in your game all these while," Gary spatted, a grin on his lips.


    Jack stepped forward to assist his father, Gary.


    "You’d better stop father, because this is not the way to go about this," Jack said.


    Robert stared at him with eyes wide in disbelief. First, his wife and supposed son tried to poison him for the properties, then he found out that he’d been raising another man’s child as his own.


    The betrayal dug a huge hole in his heart as tears threatened to fall from his eyes.


    "How did this happen? What did I ever do to you?" Robert questioned, facing Amelia as he demanded an answer.


    Since her skeleton had already been let out of the cupboard, Amelia didn’t bother to pretend to be innocent anymore.


    "When you asked for my hand in marriage, I told you I was in love with another man, didn’t I?" Amelia questioned back.


    Several years ago, Robert had been asked by his father,te old Harrison, to pick a wife since all he knew was work. .


    When Robert saw Amelia for the first time, he immediately fell in love with her beauty. Sadly, Amelia rejected him, saying she already had a boyfriend at that time.


    Unfortunately, Robert didn’t give up at that time. He pursued Amelia a few monthster until she finally epted one day.


    Unbeknownst to Robert, Amelia was already a few weeks pregnant with Gary’s child.


    "When I told you I was in love with Gary, what did you do Robert?" Amelia questioned him. "You had him beaten up to the extent he nearly lost his life."


    Anastasia’s eyes widened slightly in shock before a grin pulled her lips as she rxed on her couch and continued to hear their story.


    "Did you think I married you for love? You have to be kidding me," Amelia scoffed. "I married you for your money, just like you married me for my beauty."


    Robert opened his mouth to speak, but no words coulde out—he was too speechless to speak.


    "What? The cat caught your tongue?" Amelia questioned. She sneered before wiping the blood off her lips. "You got what you deserve. After Anastasia signed the papers, you didn’t give us our share so we came up with our n which was to poison you and get the properties all for ourselves, leaving you with nothing. Sadly, you are still alive and breathing, but unfortunately, the properties aren’t in your name anymore. They belong to us."


    The trio—Amelia, Jack, and Gary—hearts danced in joy when they saw Robert’s baffled expression. It was the same kind of expression they wanted to derive from, and they seeded.


    Turning to Anastasia, Jack said, "You heard all that mother said. Yes, you have uploaded the videos of those men confessing to what happened that night, but I have the money to persuade the judges so that they can side with me."


    Jack waited for Anastasia to start tearing up, or for her grin to falter, but instead, she startedughing like a maniac.


    Herughter filled the empty corners of the living, making the ce echo with it.


    "What are youughing at?" Jack demanded, rage evident on his face.


    Anastasia’sughter made their skin crawl, and for a second, they believed she had another trick up her sleeves.


    "I’mughing at your stupidity, Jack. Did getting all of your father’s property suddenly make you go dump? Can’t you think straight anymore?" Anastasia questioned.


    "How dare you? What do you mean?!" He demanded.


    Anastasia sighed.


    "Have you always wondered why you couldn’t find the property papers I signed in the first ce?" She asked. Without waiting for him to reply, she continued. "Well, that’s because I have them. Father already signed those papers, and everything you think he signed into your name was already signed into my name, dearest brother."